Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-25

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Ansrias thaa tsers isns daEesF q 81
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sbss sosE0es q infog@stien not 0pen
- he general pussis. as& tsssr reports
and ssssrsssss mag - taksa fos Sbst
they are werfk.
This naash, ko~eysr. IL positively
k1SvS; thers u grsss dissztisssetsSE
wiEk tss present. sogsEDnsEt. and he
large ssip1nsnts q aFzs este fEom
San Frsneisco, - vel ~ the EsatsusEts
Ct ih0ss Sbo profess % know tss state
Of popular feeling as HeDoluic, Lad 10
TIE belief thaf 40 aftsmps WiB be mace
to overthrow IL. Tbs sbO1ia Be eDo1ah
20 indzSs she Unitsd States EossfDneni
70 take ssGion looking 70 the proseetion
Of the interests u American estiz Is On
the isiands. British var vessels sss
already ca their 1sy 20 the soenA Of
Threatened disorder. and thsFs 10 no
rsss0n why AmsFioan vessels s1ouia Dot
be Speeding ia tie sane eirscslan,
American olfizs1s have extensive bal
ness rslasious on tie islsnds, eEc large
nnGb ers ef Amerisans have taken uP
.hsif rssidsBes fhsrs. These citizens
are certainly entitled 10 the PTssection
frouz theis RoysFrment which Osber
g0vssnsneats gladly extend 20 their
citizens. Ia the event Of 81 uprising
against tie king. their property and
thsir lives viii be IN daEger. end the
xovegnmsat Should Be 10 8 position to
extsad sash assisianes Is they may
need.
There are ether reasons Why Amsri-
ssn naval vessels sh0ald be present. II
political opbesyai lakes plses Ia TIE
Haxaisaa Kingdom. II British vessels
alone are at hand, their commanders
nay undertake 10 restore order. and is
or3sr 10 90 70 ,heY Ray consider i Re
sessary 70 TAfss the British Gag and pro
clsim Tie islands portion % shs Brit
lea Empire. Easb thinzs have been
done, and they have not been iEfrequsnf.
There IL no doa5, that tie BFitisa GOV
sEBmsni Sosld regard the Sand gieh
islands as = mOss valuable acquisition.
Only shs fear Of provoking serious in
Sensational complications bas prevented
their Annsxstios 10 the British Expire
long $40. such an ANNEXATION the
GATED States cannot slioE 10 take
plses. Great Britain ia already begin
ninR g contest for the g0pgene control
Of the Pacific with British Columbia aE
its bsse Of operations With shs Ha
wSilsn Islands British possession, this
contest would virtually Be WOu. A
gre ter disaster 10 American conmeree
csuld scarcely Be ooncsivcd. Not Only
vouid our trade With the Hawaiian Isl
ADDS be 81 an snd, bat al commerce
between the United States and the oonn-
tries aeFoss the Pacific would be doomed.
Great Britais would have gained foot
bold uhish would b most disastrous Is
the entire Pacific COAT.
II there Il necessity FOR Btltish men
Of war st H5aolalu, there Is certainly 9
EsSezsily for American vessels, also
Ths reported dissatisfaction may b
nstaing more than fqGabbIe between
efhss hoideis aud Disconnected oftiee
seekers, 81 many sgset to believe, but il
is pfobsbly mach mere serious, and Ger
iaiDly no hsrm can be dors by takins
lie precautions witch tho si.aslior
seems to dsmssd. Tae p7cssnos e
single American vessel az Honola
would be sufheien, 10 protect the live
snd proveTty Of American citizens, an.
might proyelt action by the Britiss
commanders which would be disas,rous
10 AntE.oun interests. Nothing voall
be lost AID much mas b. gained b
vates log ihs key of the PaoiGo.